Tosefta for Bekhorot 61:19
זיל לחשיבותיה זיל לקדמותיה
Thereupon they sent him a message that he should adhere to his office.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since he was already a publican, let him cling to the position, but as far as they were concerned, they would not visit him. kzt khz');"><sup>10</sup></span>
Tosefta Demai
Originally they (i.e., the Sages) said that [as to] a chaver that becomes a tax collector, we force him out of the chaverut [presumably, permanently], and then they reconsidered to say, that as long as he is a tax collector, he is not [even considered] trustworthy, [but once he] separates from [his office of] tax collector, behold, he is [considered] trustworthy. (Cf. Bekh. 31a:4.)
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